 Hungry Kids in Your Shopping Cart - Feed South Africa Campaign::I don’t usually like intrusive advertising, but when it’s for a good cause such as Feed South Africa, I am all for it.
This clever Feed SA campaign by TBWAHuntLascaris, Johannesburg, reaches out to… [MORE] |
Hungry Kids in Your Shopping Cart - Feed South Africa Campaign::I don’t usually like intrusive advertising, but when it’s for a good cause such as Feed South Africa, I am all for it.
This clever Feed SA campaign by TBWAHuntLascaris, Johannesburg, reaches out to… [MORE] |
 Hollywood Themed Travel - Expedia Indiana Jones Packages::Expedia, a leader in online travel companies, is building off the recent Indiana Jones hype with the release of a new travel experience theme. The trips are geared at adventure seekers who want to see… [MORE] |
 Viral Hoaxes - Lost Brazilian Tribe Not Real::The news of a long lost Brazilian tribe that had strayed away from civilization has been found to be a big, fat hoax. The rumor was clarified after an aerial survey of the Amazon was conducted.
José… [MORE] |
 Human Arms in Butcher Shops - Dexter Guerrilla Campaign II::The promo ads for the series Dexter seem to get more gory by the second. The show is about a hero/antihero, serial killer who murders his victims (he only kills the bad guys) and then chops them up.
As… [MORE] |
 7 Creative WonderBra Ads + Open Casting::While Dove used "real women" in underwear in their Campaign for Real Beauty, Wonderbra is letting customers be models for the brand. UK women are being encouraged to show up for a giant photoshoot on… [MORE] |
 Bribing Beijing Olympic Bloggers - Gehua New Century Hotel Offers Cash For Stories::After a lot of controversial media build-up, Beijing companies are trying to get some positive press about the upcoming Beijing Olympics. One hotel is actually offering cash incentives for non-traditional… [MORE] |
 People Fusing With Couches - ESPN All Day, Everyday Campaign::SAATCHI & SAATCHI, Singapore delivers a creative ESPN ad campaign that promotes "ESPN all day, everyday" in a very fun way.
The ads take being "stuck to the couch" quite literally by showing men watching… [MORE] |
 Stupid Viral Video Tricks II - Guys Fill Jeans with Helium for Levi’s::Levi’s is at it again with their viral videos/promos. First, it was the “Guys backflipping into Jeans” video that fooled the blogosphere into thinking it was a random viral YouTube stunt video. Then,… [MORE] |
 Cross-Dressing Fashion Ads - Marc Jacobs Puts Male Model in Women's Clothes::I've been patiently awaiting Marc Jacobs' new Fall/Winter 2008/2009 ad campaign. After the extremely quirky and weird Victoria Beckham ads, I was glad to hear he was using real models this time. However,… [MORE] |
 New York Gangster Fashion - Dolce & Gabbana Fall / Winter 2009 Campaign::After whetting our appetite with their pre-fall ads, Dolce & Gabbana finally released the complete new campaign for their Fall/ Winter 2008-2009 menswear and womenswear collections.
Photographed by the… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Shock Photo Protection - Thigh Fixator & Nipple Guard Ads::I love this hilarious tongue-in-cheek ad campaign by Oops! magazine. The print ads show you that, "Celebrities would invent anything to avoid ending up in Oops! magazine."
These 'inventions' include a… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Perfume Ads - Josh Hartnett in Emporio Armani Diamonds for Men::Emporio Armani has unveiled the ad campaign for its new perfume, Diamonds for Men, featuring Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett. Diamonds was created in cooperation with L’Oreal for urban, young men.
The… [MORE] |
 Bloody Urinals as Advertising - Dexter Guerrilla Campaign::Public bathrooms are becoming an increasingly popular target for advertising. The latest is a guerrilla bathroom campaign to promote the second season of Dexter on the FX channel in Portugal.
The campaign… [MORE] |
 World’s First Internet Balloon Race - Orange Pay As You Go Campaign::You may have been noticing small floating orange coloured creatures at the bottom of websites you are visiting lately. The little raccoon on a string finally peaked my interest to unearth out what he was… [MORE] |
 GPS That Predicts Your Behavior - Sense Networks::Macrosense by Sense Networks could substantially change the way you live your daily life. Imagine a GPS that didn't just tell you where you are or where your programmed destination is, but a GPS in your… [MORE] |
 Personalised Swedish Furniture Name Generator - Blogadilla::Fans of Ikea will surely love this fun online name generator. The creators of the Blogadilla name generator say “This is the kind of stuff you dream up while waiting around in IKEA for 2 hours.” Just… [MORE] |
 Fake Websites 2 - Canadian Competition Bureau Mocks Up Anatomy of an Online Health Scam::The Canadian Competition Bureau has launched their Project False Hope initiative to educate online consumers and to combat cancer cure frauds. “The fight against cancer is hard enough, don’t let fraud… [MORE] |
 Virtual Mixed Media Scrapbooks - Glogster::Sure you blog, but do you Glog? It's like collages 2.0, like an amalgamation of social network-like photo sharing and blogging with more traditional scrapbooking. Essentially, Glogster is a place you can… [MORE] |
 Bus Top Billboards - Ads for High Rise Eyes::Marketers aren't willing to waste any potential ad space these days. We've covered the advantages of mobile billboards before, but this bus, which I saw from the 15th floor of Toronto high-rise, not only… [MORE] |
 Milk Packaging Design Contests - Future Milk::What will milk containers look like in the future? Let your mind run wild on this, then consider entering the Future Milk contest.
The competition, being put on by Cravendale & YCN, asks people to contribute… [MORE] |
 Shoe Addiction - Showering & Swimming with Bocage::We all know that women love fancy shoes. But when these shoes are Bocage, women love them so much that they keep them on even while taking a shower or swimming. That is what these new ads for French shoe… [MORE] |
 Racist Political Pins - Republican Pin Crosses The Line::Less than a week after the controversial TheSockObama drama, we have another racist item on our hands.
It took a while for the cuddly sock monkey before it was deemed racist and the makers decided to… [MORE] |
 Interactive Fiberoptic Cloud Sculpture - MIT Mobile Experience Lab::This amazing interactive cloud sculpture consists of 15,371 individual fibers or 65 km of fiber optics. It is the creation of the MIT Mobile Experience Lab - “an organic sculptural landmark that responds… [MORE] |
 Top 30 Marketing Posts, Stunts and Ads in 2008 (HOLY CRAP)::Disney fairytales, bathroom blood dispensers, the pope and mystery flavored potato chips? OH MY!
Shockvertising, publicity stunts and the pope just scratch the surface of this awesome list of the 30… [MORE] |
 Naughty Surrealism With a Message - AIDS 'Explore But Protect Yourself' Wins Bronze at Cannes::These two AIDS prevention ads won a bronze medal at the Cannes International Ad Festival. The ads are very explicit with tongues and male privates foremost in the ads. Some may term this shockvertising,… [MORE] |
 Control a Real Submarine Over the Internet - Fosters 'Ride the Scuba'::To promote a new product called Foster's Scuba, Foster's has launched a new campaign where internet viewers can control an actual submarine over the internet. Visitors to the website can also watch all… [MORE] |
 Petty Celebrity Theft (as Advertising) - David Beckham Pulls a Britney?::Remember when Britney used to take lighters from convenience stores without paying for them? Obviously, she has inspired the director of this new Sharpie marker commercial to show David Beckham stealing… [MORE] |
 Banning Food Photography - NYC Chef Bans Food Photography, Bloggers Rebell::The restaurant that started the food porn trend in New York City has now taken the next logical step and is banning photography of the food. But the omnipotent blogging community is flooding the market… [MORE] |
 Radical Advertising - Provocative Exhibit About Advertising (Adbusters, Banksy, LaChapelle)::Germany's Radical Advertising exhibition is a provoking show that has to be seen (online or live).
The official press text describes, ”Both the exhibition and its provocative title show that the transition… [MORE] |
 Viral Spoof Creating Change - Unilever Reacts to 'Dove Onslaught(er)' (by Greeenpeace)::Long ago, Trend Hunter brought you the Dove Evolution ad, which features a normal women transformed into a billboard model. The commercial is striking because you can observe how much change takes place.… [MORE] |
 Advertising with Explosives - Billboard Self-Destructs for Deadline Couriers::Last year, a courier service from New Zealand called Deadline Express Couriers decided to demonstrate the timeliness of their deliveries with a bang.
For that purpose, a promotional campaign was devised… [MORE] |
 Publicity Stunt Pricing - Dolce & Gabanna's $369,000 Sunglasses::I feel so dirty, I will wash my hands and keyboard after posting this publicity stunt.
C’mon $369,000 for a pair of sunglasses from Dolce and Gabanna?
The sunglasses are gold and probably have some… [MORE] |
 Marketing to Rockstars - PUMA Rockstar Hotel and the Much Music Video Awards (REVIEW)::This week, the Much Music Video awards swept Toronto, and Trend Hunter had a chance to rock it up at some of the star-studded festivities and promotional trends at the heavily sponsored pre/post party… [MORE] |
 Las Vegas Targets Gay Community - Paris Las Vegas: Gay Days & Nights::Las Vegas wants the gay community to know that, "Everything is sexier in Paris Las Vegas."
In anticipation of the Las Vegas Gay Days & Nights special festivities, held July 3 - 6, Las Vegas has rolled… [MORE] |
 Top 30 Commercials and Advertising Videos in 2008 H1::With everything from punching employees to moonvertising, this list features top 30 commercials and videos in 2008, based on our traffic so far.
Compared to the rest of our features during this Top… [MORE] |
 Soccer Players as Strippers - David Beckham for Emporio Armani Underwear::One of the hottest viral stories today is that Armani has unveiled new Emporio Armani underwear ads featuring David Beckham in their autumn/winter 2009 campaign.
The first glimpse of the new ads is a… [MORE] |
 Advertising in Scale - Hot Wheels Mini Models::The new Hot Wheels print ad campaign depicts ‘finger paintings’ of tiny people posing along side of the latest Hot Wheels toy cars. In the first image there is a buxom model lounging on a red Ferrari,… [MORE] |
 Deformed People as a TV Show? - Fox Promotes 'Fringe' With 12 Fingered Man::Perhaps tasteless, perhaps intriguing, the Fox Broadcasting Company is hyping a new show coming that features the oddities and rarities of humankind. The show is called FRINGE and will feature the strange,… [MORE] |
 Wearing Only a Logo - Que Fashion Launches Without Clothes::I always find it curious that fashion brands would use naked models to promote their newest lines. Even in such ads, you would at least see the jeans or the underwear thrown in somewhere.
However, you… [MORE] |
 Prank GPS Navigation - SAT-NAG Guides You With Familiar Nagging::If you have a permanent GPS (a significant other) but miss the dulcet tones dinging you because your shortcut put you in a construction zone, then the SAT/NAG system is made for you.
Remember: “...turn… [MORE] |
 Fake Websites - Pretty Women Lure You to Fake Sites, and Sixt Gets Your Attention::There's nothing that grabs the attention of men quite like the combination of hot cars and pretty women. And that is exactly what gets leveraged in this campaign for Sixt, a rental car company.
We see… [MORE] |
 Personified Food in Asylum - Fun Heinz Baked Beans Ads::I love this Heinz campaign which shows personified food items being held at an asylum. Why? Because they are not getting Heinz Baked Beans.
The print ads show an out-of-control sausage strapped to the… [MORE] |
 Superhero Soccer Campaigns - Transformers and Ironman for Football and EURO 2008::The Spanish TV channel Cuatro commissioned creative agency Kotoc to come up with a project for the design and creation of promotional pieces for the UEFA 2008 European Football Championship (EURO 2008).… [MORE] |
 Superhero Stillness - 60 People Frozen by Superhero for Sci-fi TV Ad::The popular American science fiction TV series Heroes is going to be shown in New Zealand. In preparation for that event, an ingenious guerrilla campaign has been launched where one of the main characters… [MORE] |
 Sheltervertising - McDonald’s Creative Outdoor Billboards::This is a great demonstration of how a good creative direction can utilize the advertising medium and transform a simple ad into something much more interesting.
This new 2008 outdoor ad from DDB Denmark… [MORE] |
 Sleazy Promotional Items - American Apparel's Boob-Flash Matches::American Apparel are well known for sleazy ad campaigns. And these promotional American Apparel matches continue with the tradition.
The matches feature french actress Lea Seydoux flashing her boobs.… [MORE] |
 Social Communities for Cars - Smart Marketing for Smart Car::SmartUSA seems to be doing everything right according to Web 2.0 standards. Their latest is a social networking site called smartinsider.com.
Owners or fans of the Smart car can form local or regional… [MORE] |
 Cows Doing Yoga Before You Eat Them - “Like it Lean” Tasteless Ads::The tag line for this ad is, “Taste for a healthy lifestyle." Perhaps the tag line should be, “Taste for a bad campaign.”
It is just in bad taste to portray the animals you are promoting people… [MORE] |
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